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JMIR Res Protoc
January 2025
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Burwood, Australia.
Background: Heart failure (HF) is a chronic, progressive condition where the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body's needs. In addition to the daily challenges that HF poses, acute exacerbations can lead to costly hospitalizations and increased mortality. High health care costs and the burden of HF have led to the emerging application of new technologies to support people living with HF to stay well while living in the community.
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January 2025
Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France.
To assess efficacy and safety of dapsone in adult immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), a multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT) and a real-word study cohort were performed. Participants were adults with primary ITP, transient response to corticosteroids ± intravenous immunoglobulin, and a platelet count ≤ 30x109/L (or ≤ 50x109/L with bleeding). Patients in the RCT were randomized in arm A (prednisone x3weeks+dapsone for 12 months) or arm B (prednisone alone).
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June 2024
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, People's Republic of China.
: The utilization of intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) and Impella has been suggested as means of left ventricular unloading in veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) patients. This study aimed to assess the local hemodynamic alterations in VA-ECMO patients through simulation analyses. : In this study, a 0D-3D multiscale model was developed, wherein resistance conditions were employed to define the flow-pressure relationship.
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January 2025
Department of Hematology, Oncology, Hemostaseology, and Stem Cell Transplantation, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Interferon alpha (IFNa) is approved for the therapy of patients (pts) with polycythemia vera (PV), a subtype of myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN). Some pts achieve molecular responses (MR), but clonal factors sensitizing for MR remain elusive. We integrated colony formation and differentiation assays with single-cell RNA seq and genotyping in PV-derived cells vs.
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January 2025
Zeliha Genç, PhD, MSN, RN, is Infection Control Nurse, Department of Infection Control Nursing, Koç University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. Ayda Kebapci, PhD, RN, is Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Koç University. Dilek Yildirim, PhD, RN, is Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Aydin University, Istanbul, Turkey. Gulbeyaz Can, PhD, RN, is Professor, Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Istanbul, Turkey. Orhan Zeytun, RN, is Oncology Nurse and Elif Kök, RN, is Hematology Nurse, Koç University Hospital.
Objective: To assess the competency of oncology/hematology nurses in evaluating the lower extremities of patients with cancer for skin conditions and edema.
Methods: This prospective and descriptive observational study was conducted with patients in a university hospital's 48-bed oncology/hematology service. Patients with cancer admitted to the oncology/hematology service were examined independently by three evaluators (two nurse researchers and the patient's primary nurse) daily.
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